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Thomas Rawlinson (other)
Thomas Rawlinson may refer to: * Thomas Rawlinson (1647–1708), London winemaker, Lord Mayor of London 1705 * Thomas Rawlinson (barrister) (1681–1725), English barrister and bibliophile * Thomas Rawlinson (industrialist), 18th-century English industrialist controversially reputed to have invented the modern kilt * Thomas Rawlinson (died 1769), Lord Mayor of London 1753 * Thomas Rawlinson (politician) Thomas Rawlinson (1847 – 21 July 1928) was an English-born Australian politician. Born in Kent to stonemason William Rawlinson and Eliza Underdown, he arrived in New South Wales with his family around 1852. He attended Sydney Grammar Sch ... (1847–1928), English-born Australian politician See also * Rawlinson {{hndis, name=Rawlinson, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Rawlinson (1647–1708)
Sir Thomas Rawlinson (1647–1708) was a London winemaker who was Lord Mayor of London in 1705. Biography Rawlinson was the son of Daniel Rawlinson and his wife Margaret. He was born in the parish of St. Dionis Backchurch, London, and was baptised on 1 April 1647. His father was a London vintner, who kept the Mitre tavern in Fenchurch Street, and owned land at Graysdale, Lancashire, where the family came from. Rawlinson followed his father into business as a vintner. He married Mary Taylor, eldest daughter of Richard Taylor, of Turnham Green, who kept the Devil tavern by the Temple. Rawlinson was admitted a freeman of the Vintners' Company on 12 October 1670, and was elected master in 1687 and in 1696. The company possess a silver-gilt standing cup and cover presented to them by Rawlinson in 1687. On 6 August 1686 he was knighted at Windsor, and in the following month was appointed by the king, with Sir Thomas Fowles, Sheriff of London and Middlesex (Luttrell, Relation of Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
